The 20 Best Burgers in New York, NY, USA
This wasn’t an easy list to make. There were nights we woke up screaming, having dreamed of burgers chasing us along...
Keens Steakhouse
72 W 36 St, New York, NY 10018, USA
At Keens, you’ll get a burger that would pair nicely with a few puffs from one of the 40,000 pipes on the ceiling. It has a thick hunk of meat with...
Nowon East Village
507 E 6th St, New York, NY 10009, USA
We know the single vs. double debate comes down to personal burger-eating preferences, but after having both options at Nowon in the East Village,...
Altro Paradiso
234 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA
At some point over the course of history, burgers got unfairly stereotyped as un-fancy food. You could use a lot of this guide as evidence that...
Raoul's
180 Prince St, New York, NY 10012, USA
The burger at Raoul's is unlike any other on this list—because every inch of the patty is encrusted with black peppercorns. If you like black pepper,...
SMASHED
167 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002, USA
The name of this place says it all. At this LES burger spot, perfectly-seasoned patties are pressed flat like a CD, with ultra-crispy edges that spill...
Upland
345 Park Ave S, New York, NY 10010, USA
Only served at lunch and brunch, Upland’s burger tastes like what would happen if the In-N-Out double-double started going to Crossfit, got jacked,...
Corner Bistro
331 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10014, USA
Corner Bistro's burger is a classic, so it may be on this list, in part, for sentimental reasons. (We're similarly attached to the burger at J.G....
Diner
85 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
Diner is a classic Williamsburg restaurant that’s located in an old dining car. The nightly-changing menu will be scribbled onto your paper tablecloth...
Red Hook Tavern
329 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231, USA
Much like the burger at Peter Luger, the one at Red Hook Tavern is all about the meat. It’s just one big patty with American cheese and a...
Lure Fishbar
142 Mercer St, New York, NY 10012, USA
With its raw bar and sushi, Lure Fishbar in Soho is, ostensibly, a seafood spot. But you’ll see the Bash Burger on almost every table, because it’s...
Gramercy Tavern
42 E 20th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
This burger, which is just available in the walk-in-only tavern section of the restaurant, is the Vitruvian Man of burgers. It has a lot going on—a...
Saigon Social
172 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Saigon Social’s portly burger might convince you to abandon your allegiance to smash patties. This Vietnamese restaurant on the LES tops its burger...
Minetta Tavern
113 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012, USA
Yes, at $38 this burger is ridiculously expensive, but the Black Label Burger at Minetta Tavern was one of the first super-luxe burgers in the...
Donovan's Pub
57-24 Roosevelt Ave, Queens, NY 11377, USA
The big, juicy hamburgers at Donovan’s Pub in Woodside have been part of neighborhood lore for decades. There are currently 18 burger options, but...
4 Charles Prime Rib
4 Charles St #3004, New York, NY 10014, USA
4 Charles is from the people behind Au Cheval, and the burger here is similarly fantastic. Like the one at Au Cheval, it has two patties, tons of...
Au Cheval
33 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY 10013, USA
Chicago’s best burger arrived with about as much fanfare as the royal family at Wimbledon, and while almost any other stack of bread and ground beef...
BK JANI
679 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
When you try the signature burger at this tiny Pakistani place in Bushwick, you’ll think back to a time in your life when you were constantly...
7th Street Burger East Village
91 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009, USA
Despite having only a few ingredients, the cheeseburger from 7th Street keeps digging its way into our brains Inception-style. Roughly-chopped sweet...
Harlem Shake
119 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
In a city increasingly full of two-dimensional patties, the “Hot Mess” from Harlem Shake remains a top-three smashburger. We never thought ground beef...
Emily
919 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA
We can’t tell you what’s actually on Emily’s burger. And that’s because you don’t experience the Emmy Burger as ingredients. You experience it as one...